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Inserting points at specific intervals along a polyline

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09-15-2022 03:36 PM
BrownGoat
New Contributor

HI all,

Can anyone tell me how to add points along a polyline at specific intervals? I am looking at a powerline and need to create points at 500m spacing, so i can then add powerline junctions off these points.

I have tried the offset tool but nothing seems to happen.

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DavidSolari
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If you're willing to dive into arcpy cursors and geometry objects you should be able to find a way to load in lines, generate points at set intervals along said line and then load those points into a feature class. There might be a stock geoprocessing or editing tool we're both missing but if you like solving little programming challenges this seems worth digging into.

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DanLee
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JohnWatt
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+1 David and Dans suggestions.  There's both a GP and editing tool - the editing tool will let you create points along a line inside an edit session. Very similar but nice and interactive.

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